Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New tools to combat kidney fibrosis
Interstitial fibrosis – excessive tissue scarring – contributes to chronic kidney disease, which is increasing in prevalence in the United States.
Oct 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease
Osaka University researchers, in collaboration with several Japanese companies, translate neuroimaging tools to study renal fibrosis in rat kidney. The technique is expected to replace the invasive biopsies currently used ...
Aug 9, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A promising target for kidney fibrosis
When the kidneys - vital organs for filtering the body's entire blood supply - become injured, it can set in motion an unfortunate chain of events that leads to a decline in health. Sometimes, in response to chronic injury, ...
Apr 20, 2017
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Health
Cigarette smoke exposure increases scar tissue in the kidney and heart, study finds
Smoking may lead to fibrosis in the heart and kidneys and can worsen existing kidney disease, according to a new study. Fibrosis is tissue scarring that can impair the normal function of vital organs. The research team suggests ...
Dec 2, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows that Wnt secretion preventing drugs may reduce renal fibrosis
Renal fibrosis or the scarring of kidneys, following an injury, reduces their function and can cause kidney disease to progressively worsen. In a recent study, published in Kidney International, researchers from Duke-NUS ...
Mar 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential new therapy approaches to reverse kidney damage identified
Adults who are worried or terrified sometimes curl up into a fetal position. Likewise, adult cells that are injured, including genetic injury leading to cancer, initiate a process that was present during embryonic development.
Aug 3, 2015
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Health
The hunt for botanicals
Herbal medicine can be a double-edged sword and should be more rigorously investigated for both its beneficial and harmful effects, say researchers writing in a special supplement of Science.
Dec 19, 2014
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Medical research
Identifying the cellular origin of fibrosis
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have identified what they believe to be the cells responsible for fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue. Fibrotic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and failure, lung ...
Dec 2, 2014
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Genetics
Genetic marker may help predict success of kidney transplants
Kidneys donated by people born with a small variation in the code of a key gene may be more likely, once in the transplant recipient, to accumulate scar tissue that contributes to kidney failure, according to a study led ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Math model designed to replace invasive kidney biopsy for lupus patients
Mathematics might be able to reduce the need for invasive biopsies in patients suffering kidney damage related to the autoimmune disease lupus.
Sep 17, 2014
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